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Military service
Service number:
J/18062
Age:
25
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Death:
July 14, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
16. E. 4.
Additional information
Son of Thomas James Emerson and Josephine Navin Emerson, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Thomas Henry Navin Emerson
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P> Halifax aircraft HR-905 was airborne 2315 13Jul43 from Gransden Lodge. Shot down by a night-fighter and disintegrated near Asten (Noord Brabant), 9 km SE of Helmond, Holland. Burials were held at the temporary military cemetery at Venlo. Their graves are now located in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. S/L D. L. Wolfe, DFC, joined the RAF prior to the outbreak of war. He had been a flight commander with 419 Sqdn and was on his second tour of operations. Sgt Bebensee RCAF had previously served on No.35 Sqdn, his DFM being Gazetted 11Jun43. That for F/S Emerson was Gazetted 28Jul44. Sgt D.G.Bebensee DFM RCAF KIA F/O R.G.Morrison DFC; Sgt E.M.Witt; F/O G.G.McGladrey DFC; F/S T.H.N.Emerson DFM. Two crew were taken PoW: F/O D.M.Clarke, RCAF, was interned in Camp L3. No.6474 with F/O D.J.Smith, RNZAF, PoW No.6291. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of THOMAS HENRY NAVIN EMERSON
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Thomas Henry Navin Emerson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Thomas Henry Navin Emerson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Henry Navin Emerson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Henry Navin Emerson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Henry Navin Emerson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Henry Navin Emerson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Henry Navin Emerson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Henry Navin Emerson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 157 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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